Garment-supporting relt



Aug. "M, m23. 3,464,744

IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY Patented Aug. lll, 1923.

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sentarme-surnomme Application filed July 2l,

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Be itknown that l, Ens/Ann V. Bowie, a subject of the of England,residing at San liego, in the county ofSan Diego and State of`@alifornia, have invented a certain new and useful `Garment-lupportingldelt, of which the following is a'speciiication.

My invention relates te a belt for Ysupporting garments, moreparticularly adapted for trousers and the objects of my invention are;first, to provide a belt for supporting trousers or other garments inwhich the main belt portion is supported on the hips and provided withupwardly extending flexible portions for supporting the garment at thewaist line; second, toV provide abelt of this ela-ss which tends toholdthe shirt or under garment down as well as the outer garment up; third,to provide a novelly constructed garment supporting belt; fourth, toprovide .la belt of thisv class in which the upright supports areadjustable to different heights from the main portion of the belt andvfifth, to provide'a belt of this class which is very simple andeconomical of construction, durable,` efficient in its action and whichwill not readily deteriorate or get outof order.

With these and other objects in view as will yappear hereinafter, myinvention con sists of certain novel features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafterdescribed in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the charactersof reference 'thereon which form a part of this application, in which:

Figure l is a side elevational view of the inner side of a fragmentaryportion of the belt; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the outer side of saidbelt; Fig. 3 is an enlarged detailed portion of the belt showing one ofthe upright members in position thereon; F ig. lis an edge view thereofat a right angle thereto and showing portions broken away and in sectionand Fig. 5 is a side elevational view on an enlarged scale showing themeans for connection of the belt at the ends.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts Iand portionsthroughout the several views of the drawings.

The main belt member l., upright support 2 reinforcing member 3, buttonclips i921. serien No. teaser,

l and 5, buttons 6, reinforcing spring menn ber 7, adhesive members 8and buckle members 9 and l0 constitute the principal parts and portionsof my belt structure.

The main belt member l is iireferably a non-elastic belt member providedwith bucifrle members 9 and i() on its opposite ends for connecting theends together, forming an endless belt member, it being noted l thatthis buclrle member may be any shape orform desired, the shape or formof the buckle being no part of my present invention. .Secured to thismain belt member i on the normally outer side thereof are a plurality ofreinforcing members 3 which consist 0f fabric members securely sewed tothe belt vand extending slightly below the same, as shown best in thedrawings. Secured thereto at the upper side thereof is a loop member321. lit will be noted that there are preferably six of the supports fora trousers supporting belt which are adapted to be so positioned as toengage the front buttons on the trousers at the opposite ends and themiddle ones to engage the buttons on the back of the trousers. llhisreinforcing member 3 is provided with a plurality of buttons Gpositioned in close proximity to each other in a row adapted to support'the Ytrousers' waist band above the belt, which belt is provided with aplurality, preferably six, of the upright members 2 which are composedpreferably of fabric sewed together at the edges and double. Mountedbetween the two sides is a spring member 7 preferably shaped as shownbest in Fig. 3 of the drawings and upon the upper end of this member 2is secured the button engaging member land on the lower end the buttonengaging member 5. lt will be noted that the members e and 5 arepreferably integrally connected together and form a support for thefabric member 2. The button engaging clip member 5 is adapted to buttonon one of the buttons 6 on the reinforcing member 3 and the member 2extends up through the loop member 3 and the upper button engaging clipmember 4 is adapted to engage one of the buttons on the inner side ofthe band of the trousers for supporting the trousers in position. ltwill be here noted that these upright members consisting of the members2 and 7 provide flexible members which may be bent sideways andedgeways, always conforming to the body and flexible and pliable enoughto Vsupport lthe trousers against the body and in the proper position.0n the inner side of the belt is secured, a plurality of rubber pads 8which are provided with Aperforations 8a therein, these rubbermemarrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

It is obvious that with this construction there is provided a belt, themain portion 1 of which may be supported considerably below the waistline on the enlarging portion ofthe hips and body, thus eliminating thenecessity of wearing a tight belt at the waist line; that the members Swill engage the shirt land hold it in certain positions relatively tothis belt; that the uprights consisting of the members 2 and 7 with thebutton engaging clip members i and 5 providing means for supporting thewaist band of the trousers above the belt a considerable distance, itbeing adjustable by connect-ing the clip member 5 with the differentbutton 6 Von the reinforcing portion 8. iVhen in their proper' relationthe trousers band will be supported considerably above the main beltsupport and between t-he trousers and under garment such` as a shirt orthe like; that the members consisting of the members 2 and 7 provide ameans which isflexible andV pliableso that it will conform to the bodyand its various movements relatively to the clothing.

Having thus described my invention what l' claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters VPatent is:

1. A garment supporting belt, including a main belt member adapted to besupported on the hips of the wearer below the waist a main beltmemberadapted to be supported on the hips of the wearer below. the waist line,buttons secured to said main belt member in verticalrows, a loop membersecured to said main belt member near the upper edge of the belt, anuprightV member secured to said belt by one end buttoning on one of thebuttons and extending through the loop, its upper' end provided with aybutton engaging member adapted to engage the button on the garment to besupported.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto vset my hand at San Diego,California, this 14th day of July, 1921. Y

f EDWARD V. BOWE.

